Volcanoes of Papua New Guinea: Every Volcano and Eruption on Record

Papua New Guinea’s volcanoes on the map

Colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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The record

Volcanoes: 54
Significant eruptions: 43
Deaths counted: 5,534

Every significant eruption

Newest first.

Every volcano

Volcano	Type	Elevation	Last known eruption	Significant eruptions
Ambitle	Stratovolcano	450 m	BC (Holocene)
Bagana	Lava cone	1,855 m	1964 or later	2
Balbi	Stratovolcano	2,715 m	Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption	1
Bam	Stratovolcano	685 m	1900 to 1963	1
Bamus	Stratovolcano	2,248 m	1800 to 1899
Billy Mitchell	Pyroclastic shield	1,544 m	1500 to 1699	1
Blup Blup	Stratovolcano	402 m	Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Boisa	Stratovolcano	240 m	Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Bola	Stratovolcano	1,116 m	Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Crater Mountain	Stratovolcano	3,233 m
Dakataua	Caldera	408 m	1800 to 1899	2
Dawson Strait Group	Volcanic field	500 m	AD 1 to 1499
Doma Peaks	Stratovolcano	3,568 m
Garove	Stratovolcano	368 m	Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Garua Harbour	Volcanic field	565 m
Goodenough	Volcanic field	220 m	Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Hankow Reef	Unknown	-5 m
Hargy	Stratovolcano	1,148 m	AD 1 to 1499
Hydrographers Range	Stratovolcano	1,915 m	Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Iamalele	Lava dome	194 m	Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Kadovar	Stratovolcano	365 m	Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption	2
Karkar	Stratovolcano	1,839 m	1964 or later	2
Koranga	Explosion crater	1,500 m	Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Krummel-Garbuna-Welcker	Stratovolcano	564 m	Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Lamington	Stratovolcano	1,680 m	1900 to 1963	1
Langila	Complex volcano	1,330 m	1964 or later
Lihir	Volcanic complex	700 m	Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Lolo	Stratovolcano	796 m
Lolobau	Caldera	878 m	1900 to 1963
Loloru	Pyroclastic shield	1,887 m	BC (Holocene)
Long Island	Complex volcano	1,280 m	1964 or later	2
Madilogo	Pyroclastic cone	850 m	Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Managlase Plateau	Volcanic field	1,342 m	Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Manam	Stratovolcano	1,807 m	1964 or later	9
Mundua	Complex volcano	171 m	Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Musa River	Hydrothermal field	808 m
Rabaul	Pyroclastic shield	688 m	1964 or later	7
Ritter Island	Stratovolcano	75 m	1964 or later	4
Sakar	Stratovolcano	992 m
Sessagara	Unknown	493 m	Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Sessagara Hills	Pyroclastic cone	493 m	1900 to 1963
St. Andrew Strait	Complex volcano	270 m	1900 to 1963	2
Sulu Range	Hydrothermal field	610 m
Takuan Group	Volcanic complex	2,210 m	Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Tavui	Caldera	200 m	BC (Holocene)
Tore	Lava cone	2,175 m	Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Ulawun	Stratovolcano	2,334 m	1964 or later	1
Umboi	Complex volcano	1,335 m	Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption	1
Unnamed	Submarine volcano	-2,000 m
Unnamed	Submarine volcano	0 m
Unnamed	Submarine volcano	0 m
Victory	Stratovolcano	1,832 m	1900 to 1963	1
Witori	Caldera	724 m	1900 to 1963	4
Yelia	Stratovolcano	3,384 m

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Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.